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Month: June 2015

Consider, if you will, a company that has an engineer whom they consider a “rock star.” He is constantly asked to put in extra time, which he does without question. He fixes every bug that comes his way, even when he considers it a requirements problem instead of a bug. Invisibly to the business, he … Read more

Meetings have a bad reputation in the corporate world. Everyone seems to have war stories of boring, wasteful, time-sucking meetings. In my own experience, I would estimate that about one in fifteen meetings that I attend is “effective” in my own definition. Alas, for my junior colleagues just entering the workforce, it is entirely possible … Read more

I’d like to open up with a short story. Suppose there is a cage containing five gorillas and a large bunch of bananas hanging above some stairs in the center of the cage. Before long, a gorilla goes to the stairs and starts to climb toward the bananas. As soon as he touches the stairs, … Read more